Guide for flushing-tank floats



' Spt. s, TQZE 1,552,921

R. S. GOWER GUIDE FOR FLUSHING TANK FLOATS Filed Auez. 11. 1922 I N VEN TOR.

BY 5.5. Emwer,

A TTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES ROBERT s. GOWER, or menu, rumors.

GUIDE FOR FLUSHING-TANK FLOAT'S.

Application filed August 11, 1922. Serial No. 581,123.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. GOWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Guides for Flushing-Tank Floats;' and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which w1ll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention pertains to guides for float rods and the like in flushing tanks.

More particularly the invention has to do with a device adapted to be soured in position within a flushing tank for guiding a float-rod or similar part in its movements.

The object of the invention is that of providing a guide for the purpose named consisting of a single part so fashioned that the stem of the float or other part to be guided can always be accomodated without respect to its position or its distance from the point of support of said guide.

Another object is to furnish a guide of a single part for the purpose named having a series of perforations so arranged that any one of them will furnish a guide for a floatrod or stem without respect to the distance said rod or stem may. lie from the point of support of said guide.

As commonly provided guides for the above purpose are made of two or more parts adjustable with respect to one another which, due to corrosion, last buta very short time and due to their flimsy construction constantly get out of order and constitute a continued annoyance.

That my invention may be understood I have provided the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of the mechanism of a flushing tank showing my improved guide in connection therewith.

Figure 2 is a plan of the guide produced on a larger scale than that in Figure 1, being about natural size, and

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the guide taken on line 33, Figure 2.

The numeral 1 designates a pipe for conveying water from the flushing tank, not shown, to the closet-bowl, not shown, and 2 is any usual overflow pipe connected thereto.

3 in this instance is a spherically formed float-valve carrying a rod or stem 4: all of which is common to some typeset flushing tanks. 1

My improved guide is designed as a whole by the numeral 5.' It is secured upon the pipe 2 and serves to guide the rod or stem in the vertical movements of the float-valve Said body portion is provided with a series of holes 9 near its extremity as shown in Figure 2, any one of which is adapted to receive the stem 4.- of the floatvalve and act as a guide for the same in its vertical movements.

As has been stated it has been customary to provide a guide tor a stem or rod cons1st1ng of a plurality of parts and these parts have been .slidably connected and clamped oneto the other, one of said parts havmg a hole through the stem or rod passes. This adjustment is provided in order that the hole for the stem or rod may be properly stationed to receive the latter. A jointed structure, however, is necessarily fl1msy and unreliable and being subject to corrosion it sooner or later becomes useless.

In my device the series of holes 9 are disposed along the body portion for some distance and 1n order to obtain close adjustments I prefer to space them from one another in staggered relation as clearly shown.

That is to say, in this case I provide two rows of holes spaced from one another, the

.holes of both rows being placed with respect to one another that they occupy a space lengthwise of the guide equal only to the space required if all of the holes were placed in a single .line. In thus disposing said holes it is clear that each succesive one is a very small distance in advance of another and that therefore any slight difi'erence in position of the stem or rod in one flushing tank as compared with another can be met by a hole corresponding in position thereto, merely requiring that the guide be swung about the support upon which it is mounted to bring the proper hole directly in line with the stem it is to receive.

It is clear that by arranging a double row of holes having staggered relation, substanti'ally as shown, one of the holes may be placed slightly in advance of another so that as the guide 5 in which the holes are formed is swung around the pipe 2 as on a pivot some one of the holes must more than likely come centrally above the center of the float-valve. This relation of the holes will afford a nicety of adjustment not otherwise possible. That is to say, a closeness of adjustment is possible which cannot be realized where holes are arranged in a single line or in double lines and where the staggered relation is not present.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A guide for float tank valve balls comprising a ring member and an arm member formed in one piece, said ring member being provided with means for adjustment and said arm member being provided with a plurality of rows of holes therethrough for selective passage of the device to be guided, the holes in one row being placed in staggered relation to those of the other row.

2. In a guide assembly for flush tanks, a support, a valve-member to which said support is rigidly fastened, a valve ball for closing said valve member, a stem on said ball and a guide arm having a plurality ofopenings therethrough for receiving said ball stem in any one of a plurality of positions in accordance with the location of the valve member.

3. A guide arm for flush tanks comprising an arm and a head, said head having an opening therethrough, a set screw in said head for adjustably positioning said guide arm, said arm being also provided with a plurality of openings for receiving a guide stem at distances varying with the, position of a valve member with which said guide arm cooperates.

4. A guide arm for flush tanks comprising a flat body having an arm and an enlarged head with a bore therethrough, the head being at right angles to the major plane of said body, said arm extending from said head and being provided with a plurality of smaller bores in parallel with the bore through the head whereby the stem of the valve ball may be guided and located at varying distances from the bore in the head.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ROBERT S. GOWER. 

